James Johnston Blanchard is an American retired attorney,diplomat,and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party,Blanchard previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983,and later as the as United States Ambassador to Canada from 1993 to 1996.
Bartholomew Thomas Stupak is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party,Stupak served as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 2011.
Dale Edward Kildee was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative of Michigan from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Sander Martin Levin is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019,representing Michigan's 9th congressional district. Levin,a member of the Democratic Party from Michigan,is a former ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee;he was Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from 2010 to 2011. He is the older brother of former U.S. Senator Carl Levin,and the father of current Congressman Andy Levin,his successor.
David Edward Bonior is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976,Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002,during which time Democrats were in both the majority (1991–1995) and minority (1995–2002),making Bonior the third and second highest-ranking Democrat in the House,respectively.
Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick is a former American politician who was U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election to Hansen Clarke,who replaced her in January 2011 after winning the 2010 general election. Kilpatrick is also the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Richard "Dick" Chrysler is an Amway distributor and former politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Milton Robert Carr,commonly known as Bob Carr,is an American lawyer,academic,and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Barbara-Rose Collins was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and the first black woman from Michigan to be elected to Congress.
James Grant O'Hara was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan,serving as U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1977.
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for California from 1979 to 1999.
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served in the state senate and U.S. House of Representatives. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Michigan.
George William Crockett Jr. was an African-American attorney,jurist,and congressman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He also served as a national vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild and co-founded what is believed to be the first racially integrated law firm in the United States.
George Donoghue O'Brien was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives on three separate occasions.
Brenda Lulenar Lawrence is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 14th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,Lawrence served as mayor of Southfield,Michigan,from 2001 to 2015,and was the party's nominee for Oakland County executive in 2008 and for lieutenant governor in 2010. Her district covers most of eastern Detroit,including downtown,and stretches west to take in portions of Oakland County,including Farmington Hills,Pontiac,and Lawrence's home in Southfield.
Deborah Ann Dingell is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has been the U.S. representative for Michigan's 12th congressional district since 2015. She is the widow of John Dingell,her predecessor in the seat,who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history. She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council. She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte,North Carolina.
Michael Dean Bishop is an American attorney and politician who was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003,and the Michigan State Senate from 2003 to 2010 where he served as majority leader.
David Lee Camp is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2015. Camp represented Michigan's 4th congressional district since 1993,and previously served one term representing Michigan's 10th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,Camp was chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means,serving from 2011–2015. In March 2014,he announced that he would not run for re-election.
Dennis Alan Ross is an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican from Florida,his district was numbered as Florida's 12th congressional district during his first two years in Congress,and it was numbered as the 15th district during his last six years in Congress.
Justin Amash is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2021. Originally a Republican,Amash joined the Libertarian Party in April 2020,becoming the party's first member of Congress.
